Chapter 40 - Excretory System

Lecture Enrichment Ideas


1. Discuss the role of the excretory system in excretion and why it is so important that nitrogenous wastes be removed from the body.

2. Discuss the role of the human excretory system in water and salt (ion) regulation and why it is so important that homeostasis is maintained in this area.

3. Compare the countercurrent mechanism in fish gill oxygenation with that in the human kidney.

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